recommend me a torque wrench please

[DottyDuck]

Hello everyone... could do with a torque wrench...obviously cheaper. The better! But would rather pay a bit more... if it means better quality... would be good if it could be from a shop so i can collect it lol.. but will order of the internet if i have too...(just means i just have too wait!) Lol

Thanks everyone
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Old Bike: Zontes Panther 125cc - wrote off Current Bike: Kawasaki ZR7

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

I am guessing you want a low value one - like, say, 5-25Nm? Probably would cover most stuff on a 125 - hmmm maybe not the rear sprocket though, sometimes those are higher than 25 iirc. Someone will know much better than me. But here's the thing - I've never used mine. I just nip stuff up a bit - remembering that it's very easy to overdo it, especially when going into alloy (sump bolt, etc). Swing arm, not so much - but even then, go easy cos you can put too much pressure on spindle / bearings innit. Anyway, think I paid about £30-£40. Wish I hadn't bothered.
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[Codemonkey]

I've got a Halfords 8-60Nm one like this:

https://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_178843_langId_-1_categoryId_165469

Comes with a calibration certificate and has covered pretty much everything I've done so far except the rear axel nut.
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[Rogerborg]

For what purpose?

I don't trust the clicky ones they come over here, they steal our torques.

For one thing, manuals tend to be works of fiction. They're not called Haynes Books of Lies for nothing. Even if they're correct, they give ideal numbers for what's often an unknown condition of fastener. Dry? Oiled? Threadlocked? Copper greased? Covered in crud?

Your bike may not agree, particularly if it's (just for example) off of a Chinese sweatshop production line that gets its raw material from Wun Hung Lo's House of Approximately Metallic Substances.

It's cold comfort that it's not your fault if you strip out your sump plug before the clicky wrench has clicked. You've still got a stripped sump, and nobody will care.

Personally, I always go by the size of the fastener and by feel. I very occasionally bust out an old deflecting beam style wrench:

https://www.parktool.com/uploads/images/blog/repair_help/tw5.jpg

But only as an aid to mechanical sympathy, not as a replacement.

Not what you wanted to hear, I know.
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[CarlosCBR]

I've got one of these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Draper-34570-3-8-Square-Drive-10-80-Nm-or-88-5-708-In-lb-Ratchet-Torque-Wrench-/171005497137?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item27d0b8cf31

Been fantastic for three years and i havent had a wheel fall off yet..... touch wood!
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